Du Du Du-athlon training (Kelly)

So we (Jenn & family & me) went to the Edurance Sports Expo yesterday - it was cool.  Lots of vendors and all kinds of stuff. Rides and runs to sign up for ( I ignored the swim part b/c there is no way I'm getting into open water).  One of the vendors was from CGI racing for the upcoming (July) women's tri-du athlon in Philly.  This is the race I wanted to do 2 years ago but never trained for it.  It's a 2mile run , 17 mile bike ride, and 3.1 mile run all along Kelly Drive in Philly.  2 years ago I didn't know if I could run 5 miles total - I knew I could bike the 17 miles now 2 years later I know I can run 5 miles soon to be 10 miles fingers crossed but can I ride and run in the same day within mintues of each other???!!! That was the question and of course typical me I decide go head first into it today.  It was a nice day and I still had a lot of tax homework to do for class that's due tonight at midnight (yeah I'm still doing it) so why not go out and ride and run?!!!  Seems like the right thing to do.....

So earlier this afternoon around noonish I went for a 20mile bike ride along the VF trail - now you have to understand I've done this ride probably 100 times and it's really flat but of course I hadn't been on my road bike outside since last summer so needless to say it was a painful ride.  The first 10 miles weren't so bad but coming back with the wind killed me.  My neck hurt from not being use to the ride and my knees were killing me SOOOOO what to do next??.... go running of course.  I didn't have to run until Jenn was home from work so I had a few hours but I think I needed more like a few days.  Still I went running at Mondauk park - nothing to big just 2 miles but I felt like my ankles were going to shatter.  I feel okay now but I just know I will be paying for this tomorrow. 
Well you gotta start training sometime....let's just hope it gets easier next time and that by the time July rolls around I'll be running and biking like I was born to do it.  =)

Blah Blah Blah and my mouth hurts ... (Kelly)

I'm feeling very blah this week and tired perhaps it has something to do with the fact that winter smacked me back in the face after a beautiful week last week and/or the fact that my mouth has been hurting for 2 wks now.  Tooth/mouth pain can really wear you down and I think it's finally getting to me.  I went to the dentist today and instead of taking xrays he wants me to see an oral surgeon?!?!  Do dentists do anything anymore??? I haven't been there in 2yrs and I always seem to have a cavity - I mean I have more metal in my mouth than teeth -- you would think he would have taken an xray!!!  So now I have to wait till I get an appt at an oral surgeon which might turn out to be a waste of time if what i have is a cavity.  Ahhhh....!!!!

So needless to say with the snow , cold, and my mouth hurting I've only sat on the couch this week when last week I ran 16 miles....god I hate winter (and toothaches). 

On a side note I bought a pole dance lesson for $8 on buywithme.com deal of the day.  Jenn and I will be going to a class - this should be interesting. 

It's 7:23pm and I think I'll go to bed - maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and feel no pain. 

Dreaming of being on an island again

Too good to be true (Kelly)

I just knew winter wasn't over with us yet...i can't believe we are getting another 2-4 inches of snow. Just when it all melted away..... =(   

I currently have no heat in my house so I'm sitting here with socks,uggs, sweatpants, long sleeve t-shirt, sweatshirt, hat , gloves and scarf.  I'm watching Mike try and fix it and of course something isn't right....he got the part but its not fitting so he's trying to make it fit - that's just great.  I think I'll go do a Jillan tape to warm up......

Speaking of tapes has anyone tried or have the new Insanity DVD's?  Do you know anyone that has them?  I saw them on an infommercial last weekend and of course I was like I have to have that......  Let me know!!!

BACK! Jenn

WOW!!! 5 days I have had this blog up to write and I haven't gotten to it and then Kelly beats me to it!
I am not promising anything on how far I will get today b/c I have to get ready for work....HA!!
But one thing is I am very proud of Kelly! She is my inspiration! She ran 5 miles yesterday and did an awesome job!! Even though her ankles were hurting her!
My goal this week is to run 5 miles by Friday! B is night work so i will have no excuses on why i can't run when he gets up from sleeping! NO EXCUSES!!!! that is what i am going to tell myself everyday!
(continued 12 hours later)
Had work all weekend and think that I did very good with my eating! I got a little laid back and haven't been counting or writing down my food! I swear writing everything down is like a HUGE reality check! With the weather also I have not been running that much ether! Started up last week and man my legs were sore! I am not giving up though! I am back on track!
I actually started to fall back into my depression a little bit for a couple days I could feel myself going down! I knew I had to snap out of it and fast! I noticed that working out and not eating junk make a huge difference. I feel like I did something good when I workout! I know that this is going to sound weird but it make me feel happy!
Let me just say that holiday season is the hardest time to stay on your diet! And as much as I love snow storms it sucked b/c I couldnt run in 2 feet of snow! And idiot people who don't shovel their walks! WTF!
So as you can see we are just normal people who fall and get right back on and keep going!
NO EXCUSES!!!!

Sunday is anything but lazy....and I miss my toys =( (kelly)

I always try and make Sunday my lazy day but because I'm such a procrastinator I always end up doing homework.  This sunday was no different except I had a paper due on tax - YUCK !!   I knew I wasn't planning on working out or running since I did 5 miles yesterday so I wasn't worried about getting that in but I did have this tax paper that I had been putting off all week - - gee I wonder why? Taxes are so fun and writing about codes and regs and tax rules is even more fun. 

So.......I got up early to start my paper because I knew I had to go watch the girls (Abby and Marissa) from 10:30 to 5:00 but I just sat around until 10am because god damn it Dirty Dancing was on and NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER!!!!!  (Ok I've seen DD 1000 times but I hadn't seen it lately). 

I have to say the girls were great they let me do my homework while they watched movies and of course I watched a little too.  I did not know that Toy Story 3 was going to be so damn sad - I literally cried my eyes out from the time they were at the trash place about to get burned up till the very end.  I hide my tears from the girls because I didn't want them to get sad because I was sad.  I started to think about my old toys and how I wished I was still a kid playing with toys instead of writing a paper  on taxes.

Remember these guys?

 I loved the Wuzzles especially bumblebee-lion ( because he reminded me of my fav puppet Leary the Lion that my parents threw away on me- still hurts)

And

Rainbow Brite!!!!



My first my little pony - cotton candy

Jem is totally outrageous!!

I MISS MY TOYS!!!!!  I hope they were somehow picked up by some little kid that loved them as much as I did and that they knew I loved them.....at least that's what the kid inside me wants to believe!

Lost and Found....(Kelly)

Okay so it's been over a month since my last post hmmmmmmm what has happened???!!!  Laziness that's what  - oh and some nasty storms.   So since my trip to Florida I decided to do what I think a lot of people do during cold winters - STAY INSIDE.  My membership expired at the gym, my bootcamps have been over, and it was either too cold or too much snow and ice to really run more than a mile or two a week.  Yes these are excuses but it is what it is.  

Now I did sign up for Broad Street!! Yep 10 mile run May 1st so I can't allow myself to be lazy any longer.  I haven't ever run more than 5 miles yet and now I only have 2 months to train to get up to 10 miles ---- ahhh!!!!!  So starting more seriously this week ( I have run a few times since Jan 11th) I've logged about 16 miles of running (Sun - Sat)

The last 5 miles were run today at the Frostbite 5 miler in Ambler.  I waited till Thrusday to sign up and was put on the waitlist secretly hoping that I wouldn't get in but low and behold I got an email Friday morning saying I was in.  It was 70 deg on Friday so I was all for it and since it was nice I decided to go for a walk/run at VF park.  Big Mistake - HUGE .... see I'm a believer in the take the day off before a race but sometimes I like to think I can do more than I should so I went out because I just had to enjoy 70 deg in Feb while my poor little ankles and legs were hurting this morning.  I said to myself while I watched people's lawn items and trash cans fly down the street in 50mph wind gusts that I'm NOT doing this run. It wasn't worth it - I hurt and it was too windy to run 5 miles.  Race started at 9am and it was 7:45am and I thought well I already picked up my packet and bib and I did take someone else's spot on the wait list so let me just soak my feet and ankles in some epsom salt and see how I feel.  So at 8:10am I decided I'm doing this! It's days when you don't want to do it that it's even more important to follow through and do it.  Got to the race at 8:45 and made it through the 5 miles in 46:20 - less then a minute off my last 5 mile time - not bad!

So I've signed up for a few more runs  to get me ready for Broad Street. You might be thinking running is free why sign up and pay for all these runs?  Well 2 reasons for me - 1 the runs are for charities so my money is helping out and 2 it makes me accountable and keeps me running.  So you got to find your motivation and do what works for you.

Well I've babbled enough tonight - I promise to keep up with this blog as I journey towards my goal of 10 miles of running!

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